Health: Natural Healthy Ways to Improve Your Eye Sight?

I (Sal) decided to do this blog after a “friend” emailed me that she’ll be going to an eye doctor to get an exam after not having been to one in 4+ years, so I decided to share my personal story how I was able to stop wearing reading glasses with the help of some natural foods, health tips, and remedies I’ve been practicing…

CAUSE

Poor Eyesight..Genetic or Environment?
By DANIEL ROBERT KUHN on September 7, 2012 4:20 PM personal.psu.edu“Everyone has seen that family in which every family member wears glasses. The question is; do they all wear glasses because of a genetic trait they share or because of the environment they live in? …
The Causes of Poor Vision Facts And Fictionhttps://youtu.be/LhKWPMP6GOk“Many of us are born with perfect natural vision. Sadly, age and approach to life habits slowly damage our eyes till one day we find ourselves visually impaired.

There are many causes of poor vision and you are certainly aware of a few of them. How to tell the facts from the fiction? How to be sure that certain things are truly good or extremely bad for your vision? Here are the most common facts and fiction about the reasons behind poor vision.

Myth : Watching too much TV isn’t very good for my eyes.
Fact : Many eye care experts accept that watching TV can’t truly cause vision issues. Indeed, watching television for dull hours without a break can make your eyes exhausted and even cause a headache, but you will need an entire life watching TV nonstop to actually injure your eyes.

PREVENTIVE

Understanding Vision Problems — Prevention webmd.com“.. Have periodic eye exams (every 2-3 years for healthy patients under 50, yearly for patients over 50 or those with known health risk factors).
Know your family’s history for any eye problems.
Follow a healthy lifestyle.
Eat a nutritious diet for eyesight.
Wear durable eye protection when involved in activities that could cause traumatic risk to your vision, such as sports, dealing with firearms, playing paintball. Occupations where hammering, cutting, sawing, drilling, or working overhead are other examples.
Avoid hazards such as fireworks…Top 9 Foods and Herbs to Improve and Protect Your Eyesight, from healthyandnaturalworld.com“…The good thing is that a few simple supplements can significantly reduce eyesight issues and might even improve vision. What you eat and the supplements you take affect your eye vision, and research shows that diet and supplements can he used to treat or prevent the these conditions…11 Steps to Help Prevent Macular Degeneration from allaboutvision.com“…Reduce refined carbohydrates (high-glycemic index foods)…

TREATMENT

http://products.mercola.com/vision-pr… Dr. Joseph Mercola, a leading natural health expert and osteopathic physician, talks about natural ways to help improve your vision naturally and why you should avoid eyeglasses, lasik surgery, and other potentially harmful eye treatments.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. If you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition, consult your physician before using this product…”

Our eye muscles work virtually all the time we are awake. They are responsible not only for moving the eyes up and down or left and right but for targeting or “seeing” each single object. It is fact that eye muscles are made several times stronger than what they really have to be in order to do their job. However, putting constant pressure on them by not allowing the eyes to chill finally leads to decay of their strength and flexibility. Feeble eye muscles eventually contribute to an overall feel of eye strain and eye fatigue and potentially lead to the development of diverse eye aberrations.

One of the simplest paths to look after your visual acuity naturally is to take care of the muscles accountable for it. The following simple Diagonals Eyestrain Vision Exercise is designed to help you preserve the flexibility of your eye muscles. It will also reinforce your targeting capability and your central vision. Last though not least, the Diagonals Eyestrain Vision Exercise is a good way to chill your eye muscles and release the tension in your eyes, neck and head. “

“I take some drops of these almost every night before going to bed”

FOODS:

Top 10 Superfoods For Eyes, from top10homeremedies.com“…Here are the top 10 superfoods for your eyes.
1. Spinach…
*one of my regular grocery items

“…3. Carrots

Carrots contain a lot of beta-carotene, which is a precursor for vitamin A. Vitamin A prevents night blindness, helps maintain a healthy and clear cornea, and protects the cells in your eyes and throughout your body.

Carrots also contain lutein, which helps increase pigment density in the macula, the oval-shaped yellow spot near the center of the retina. This in turn protects the retina and lowers the risk of macular degeneration. Carrots are also rich in fiber and potassium.

You can eat carrots as a snack or you can make soups, salads or side dishes…”

Eating blueberries regularly improves vision and strengthens blood vessels in the back of the eyes. Blueberries also contain anthocyanins, which help lower both high blood pressure and inflammation and also prevent blockages in the arteries that feed oxygen to the retina.

Along with blueberries, you must also eat blackberries, mulberries, cranberries and bilberries….